By Rosalind Griffiths A landslip near the site of a proposed road serving the Viking windfarm north of Sandwater has prompted concern from the project’s opponent. Those behind the project were not worried by the landslip but one critic, Ian Tinkler, walked the top of Mid Kame ridge and examined Read more
David Ross Towns and communities will miss out on the benefits of green energy projects after a change in UK government rules, it has been warned. Energy campaigners have been left shocked after UK ministers decided to remove the tax relief they could offer investors. It means that those trying Read more
Brian Donnelly, Senior News Reporter ICELANDIC volcanoes could be piping power to homes across the UK through a Scottish subsea cable, under plans to be announced by the Prime Minister. David Cameron is expected to announce the move to provide a “green battery” through an electricity link between Britain and Read more
Alison Rowat Call that a constitutional crisis? What a let-down. In response to the defiance of the elected Commons by the unelected Lords over tax credit cuts, one half expected to wake this week to rioting, shelves stripped bare in Waitrose, escaped zoo animals wandering up Sauchiehall Street, and other Read more
The RSPB are asking for help to pressure the Scottish Government into refusing consent for the Strathy South windfarm proposal in the Flow Country. They have an online petition and are asking people to write to their MSPs. More information can be found on the RSPB website http://www.rspb.org.uk/whatwedo/campaigningfornature/casework/details.aspx?id=tcm:9-356709
PAS would like to invite you to their Parliamentary Reception on Thursday 26 November 2015. To be held in the Garden Lobby of The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, from 6 -8pm. The theme for the evening is Inclusive places: Creating a fairer Scotland The reception is kindly sponsored by Stuart McMillan Read more
Martin Williams An Edinburgh-based firm behind what was described as the world’s largest commercial wave energy farm has called in administrators while it looks for a new investor. Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power, whose Oyster 800 device was hailed as the future of marine energy, said administrators BDO LLP will Read more
By Stratton Williams Halfway Community council decided at its latest meeting to object to the erection of a 75-metre-high wind turbine at Flemington. The council will now write to South Lanarkshire Council Planning Department to lodge its opposition. Chairman of the committee John Edgar stated: “Healthy ‘n’ Happy is only Read more